Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to herbicides

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:27 +0000

Use of glyphosate has risen 10-fold in 30 years, raising fears for public health

It was Scottish farmers in the 1980s who pioneered the practice of spraying glyphosate on their wheat just before harvest. Struggling in the damp glens to get their crop to dry evenly, they came up with the idea of accelerating the process by killing it a week or two before harvesting.

Glyphosate, then a revolutionary herbicide that killed everything plant-based but spared animal life, seemed perfect for the job. Soon the practice spread to wetter, colder agricultural regions around the world.

Ed Miliband hold firm! North sea oil and gas drilling won’t help anyone other than Nigel Farage | Zoe Williams

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:26 +0000

It’s worrying to watch Labour entertain Reform’s fantasies about fossil fuels. Only renewables will bring lower bills and higher energy security

Ed Miliband is facing a dilemma, apparently. Reform UK is suggesting new oil and gas licences in the North Sea as a way to cut fuel bills and they’re steadily gaining cheerleaders – not just in the media, but also in some trade unions.

Abandoned Battle of Britain control tower to become a home for holidaymakers … and six species of bat

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:00:23 +0000

Council backs £700,000 plan to save historic landmark at former RAF base in the New Forest

A unique RAF watch office that has been crumbling for decades is to be turned into a smart hideaway home to be shared by holidaymakers – and the bats that already use it.

The Landmark Trust, which rescues at-risk buildings, has been given permission to convert the ruined property in Hampshire into a holiday retreat with four bedrooms and a roof terrace.

Consumers urged to ‘completely avoid’ UK-caught cod as population plunges

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:23 +0000

Marine Conservation Society warns that fish numbers have reached dangerous point of decline

Consumers should “completely avoid” buying UK-caught cod, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has said, as it warned that populations have reached a dangerous point of decline despite zero-catch recommendations.

The MCS, an environmental charity, publishes a Good Fish Guide to help consumers and businesses make sustainable seafood choices.

Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:35:59 +0000

Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather

Britain’s sunny spring weather powered the grid to new solar energy records on two consecutive days this week.

Solar farms in England, Wales and Scotland generated 14.1GW of low-carbon electricity at lunchtime on Monday, surpassing the previous high of 14GW in July last year.

Trump’s EPA chief Zeldin gives keynote speech at climate-denying group’s event

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:58:22 +0000

Lee Zeldin opens conference for Heartland Institute, which once compared climate advocates to the Unabomber

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:00:45 +0000

Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

Extreme heat is already creating “non-survivable” conditions for humans in heatwaves that have killed thousands and likely many more, according to new research that warns people are more susceptible to rising temperatures than first thought.

How do you convince Americans to eat fish? Disguise it as meat, of course | Arwa Mahdawi

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:30 +0000

To tackle the US’s woefully low seafood consumption, drastic measures are being taken. Enter tuna that looks like chicken nuggets and salmon masquerading as beef jerky

‘The water is no longer our friend’: how dredging is pushing Lagos Lagoon towards ecosystem collapse – photo essay

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:29 +0000

Taking sand from the Nigerian city’s lagoon to supply a building boom harms more than fish – it affects the entire food chain, erodes coastlines and is depriving fishing communities of their livelihoods

UK opening new oil and gas fields would imperil global climate goals, experts say

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:16 +0000

Senior climate figures warn North Sea drilling would encourage fossil fuel exploitation by developing countries

Opening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would “send a shock wave around the world”, imperilling international climate targets, undermining the UK’s climate leadership and encouraging developing countries to exploit their own fossil fuel reserves, experts have warned.